Jillybean01: Hiya there and Happy Halloween!!!... / hops up and down wearing a cat costume/

Kita: /ashamed/... My gosh! I can't be seen around you anymore. Where are the police when you need them?!

Jiru: Well I think she looks cute!... / also dressed up as a cat /...

Tasuki & Chiciri: / walk in at same time...takes one look at Jiru and Jillybean01. Tasuki turns around and leaves while Chichiri stays./

Chichiri: Look! I can be a kitty too, no da!.../poofs himself into a kitten/

Jillybean01: Alright then...On to the Disclaimer!!

Disclaimer: I don't not own anything related to Fushigi Yugi in any way. And I do not own Halloween either...that belongs to the children.

Chapter 8

Tasuki was getting sick of traveling. For him it was just taking too long. Often he had caught himself wondering why Chichiri hadn't just teleported them both to Tai-yun-jun's palace, but refrained from speaking it out loud so as he would not offend the monk.

About five minutes had passed with him squirming in the saddle of his horse. The horse got angry and bit him as he yelped out loud. Finally he couldn't take it anymore.

"Hey Chiri?"

Chichiri stopped and looked back. "Yes, no da?"

"Isn't it possible for you to, kinda, maybe teleport two people across far distances?" Tasuki was gradually working his up way to his plan, hoping Chichiri would catch on...failing horribly.

"Well, I guess I can, no da" , Chichiri replied.

Tasuki started to get very frustrated as a vein popped out on his forehead. "Then why didn't you do that before?!"

Chichiri just shrugged. "Well I thought it would be better to have a more scenic route, no da. Plus you didn't seem to mind. Considering that for the whole trip you didn't say anything."

"Well, now that you can plainly see that I have a problem with it", Tasuki started trying not to sound too angry (notice that I said 'too'). "Why don't you just teleport us there now?"

Chichiri smiled at Tasuki. "Great idea, no da." He started to stretch out his arms. " I was getting a bit tired anyway." Before Tasuki could reply, Chichiri held out his straw hat...thing. (is it called a kasa?), pulled it over Tasuki and himself and with a poof they disappeared, leaving the horses behind.

Chichiri and Tasuki arrived only to find Tai-yun-jun right in front of them. Tasuki was about to say something really offensive to her but with a stern look from her, he stopped short sulking to the ground.

Tai-yun-jun ignored Tasuki's reaction. "Ah! you two have come here just in time!", she exclaimed. The two former celestial warriors stared at her in confusion.

Chichiri was the first to respond. "Were...were you expecting us, no da?"

Tai-yun-jun sincerely looked at him. "why actually...yes. And not a moment too soon." As soon as she said this a round white circle appeared over their heads.

Chichiri looked up in shock as he subconsciously held out his arms as if to catch something. Tasuki just looked up in amazement and...was that a mixture of fear?

Tai-yun-jun's smile immediately turned into a confused frown as she only saw Jiru come out of the portal.

Jiru hovered in suspended animation, the white light emanating from her body. As the light faded she started to fall back to the ground. Luckily for her Chichiri had his arms out and caught her.

Chichiri looked at Jiru with a mixture of surprise, concern, and amazement as he somehow realized that this girl, the one who was sleeping or unconscious (doesn't matter which one) in his arms was that powerful source of energy that he had been feeling for the past few days. He looked at Tasuki, who was just as confused as he was. Then looked at Tai-yun-jun in even more confusion. "Daaaa?". (That was all he could say).

"I will tell you in due time Chichiri.", she replied. "But first you two must take her to that bedroom over there," pointing to a door to the far east corner of the building, "and let her rest. In the meantime I have something very important to look over."

"But why do we have to do that", whined Tasuki. "I mean that kinda stuff is for girls, I don't wanna tuck her in to sleep no matter how important she may be!"

Tai-yun-jun glared at Tasuki. "Just do what I tell you, mortal!!" She made her way to her secret chambers with a certain red-headed girl on her mind.

Chichiri had already started walking toward the room with Jiru still in his arms. 'She's so light, no da', he thought. Then added after feeling her head. 'And she's so warm, no da!'

"Tasuki!" Chichiri called in alarm. Tasuki stood straight on hearing his name being called sharply. "Go get some blankets and some water, she has a fever!" (he isn't saying 'no da' now because he's being serious.)

Tasuki made his way out but found himself turning back. "I don't know where she keeps the extra blankets!"

"Find Lai-Lai. She will help you, no da." "Right!" Tasuki headed off in a random direction. 'Now where is Lai-Lai.' (The little person who always hangs out with Tai-yun-jun.)

Chichiri set Jiru down on the bed. He knew that until Tasuki came with the extra blankets that she would have to sweat out her fever. There was nothing around the room to cover her so he pulled her closed to his body. Though his intentions were entirely innocent in wanting to help her, he couldn't help but blush a little.(through his mask of course...he never takes off that thing).

Jiru's fever cooled down a little as he set her back down on the bed and looked at her for the first time. 'Wow! Her hair is unusually bright, no da.', he thought then he noticed what she was wearing. 'And it looks like she has a kesa such as mine...though she's wearing it the wrong way, no da.'

Just Tasuki came in with a bunch of blankets and tossed them on Jiru, who was now burried in fabric. "Tasuki!" Chichiri cried. "Is that anyway to treat a...er...guest, no da?"

"Hey it took me forever to find these blankets and I couldn't find Lai-Lai anywhere", Tasuki replied. While Tasuki and Chichiri wer busy arguing, Jiru woke up.

'Man what happened?', she thought. She then realized that she was covered with blankets. Only, she didn't think it was blankets, she thought it was dirt. She thought she was being burried alive! 'I'm too young to be burried alive!' Jiru screamed in her head as she started flailing her arms around trying to free herself.

Chichiri and Tasuki stopped what they were doing and looked at the pile of blankets in fear. Tasuki looked at Chichiri. "Why don't you check it out, Chichiri?" Chichiri looked at Tasuki as if he were crazy. "Why me, no da?!"

"This stuff seems to be more in your department." Replied Tasuki, then added. "Plus if I were to check it out I'd shake her to death." Chichiri sighed as he hesitantly made his way to the thrashing pile of blankets and started taking them off one by one as if something were about to jump out at him.

Jiru froze as the load was getting lighter on her. But then thinking that they were going to cremate her instead she started flailing both her arms and legs violently.

Chichiri was on the last blanket, but on noticing that the tension was getting greater and that the girl was getting viscious he called on Tasuki. "She's getting really wild over here, no da!" He was now very frightened. "Maybe you should come over here!"

"Oh for Suzaku's sake Chichiri!" Tasuki marched over to the bed, shoved Chichiri out of the way and lifted up the last blanket. "See, there's nothing to worry about..." He froze in pain as Jiru's leg came out and kicked him where the sun don't shine. Tasuki whimpered and crouched to the floor as Chichiri looked on in horror.

Jiru froze as her leg came in contact with a solid object.(guess her fever's gone). With her eyes still closed(?) Jiru decided to make a run for it, but instead of running she bumped into Chichiri, who gently grabbed her shoulders so she wouldn't move. "Calm down, you're among friends, no da."

'Who says no da?', she thought as she opened her eyes to reveal the blue-haired monk. "Hey can you keep it down a little?", she asked as she put her hands to her head. " I have a really bad headache right now." She closed her eyes and leaned on Chichiri, falling asleep.

'This is going to be a long day.' Chichiri thought as he placed Jiru back on the bed. He looked sympathetically at his fallen friend on the floor. It seemed the blow had knocked Tasuki out cold. He shook his head sadly. "That is going to hurt in the morning, no da,"

Jillybean01: Wow that was kinda long.

Tasuki:.../glares at what Jillybean01 did to him/...I hate you so much.

Jillybean01: You had it comin'...Don't forget to review folks!